Theme parks are places we visit to escape the realities of everyday life, so it’s no surprise that most of them revolve around themes of fantasy and adventure. Early theme parks drew from already established literary and cinematic genres to tell these loved stories in a new way. This idea has remained at the heart of most theme parks, which allow us to travel through time and space to both real and imagined places. However, the late 1980s saw the start of a deviation from this which would continue into the following decade. Many companies began to abandon the immersion of story-like settings in favour of a new concept. That concept revolved around the industry of movie making. So, why was this idea such a bad one? Allow our video to explain…
The Failure of Movie Studio Theme Parks
So, how do you feel about the demise of the movie studio theme park? Are you happy to see them all go in the direction of fantasy immersion or do you miss this bit of theme park history? Let us know in the comments! Thanks for watching!
